NN researcher updates 2.5-year-old metaphor: the car caught a rocket to Alpha Centauri
charles_irl · x · 2026-10-01
A neural-network researcher of nearly a decade updated his famous 2.5-year-old tweet, where he described the field's progress as "a dog that caught the car it was chasing." Now, he writes, the car boarded a rocket, docked with a generation starship, and is "on course for Alpha Centauri" — jaw still aching, tail wagging a bit slower.
The update reads as a personal reflection on how much faster AI progress feels today than in 2022. No technical specifics or data, just a veteran's sentiment about the pace of AGI-era change.
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